Regulation 41 Interpretation

In this Part—

• “communication network” means a set of individuals connected to each other by real time communicative interaction;

• “current safety case” has the meaning given in regulation 78(1);

• “designated place” means—

  1. (a)

     a place other than a site at which the operator’s spaceflight activities are to be carried out, or

  2. (b)

     where the operator’s spaceflight activities include a controlled and planned landing of a launch vehicle or a planned but uncontrolled landing of such a vehicle at a place other than a site, that place;

• “designated site” means—

  1. (a)

     a spaceport at which the operator’s spaceflight activities are to be carried out, or

  2. (b)

     where the operator’s spaceflight activities include a controlled and planned landing of a launch vehicle or a planned but uncontrolled landing of such a vehicle at a site other than a spaceport, that site;

• “exclusion zone” has the meaning given in regulation 47(4)(a);

• “hazard area” has the meaning given in regulation 47(1);

• “land” means land situated in the United Kingdom;

• “licence” means a range control licence^f1;

• “licensee” means the holder of a range control licence;

• “the licensee’s range control services” means the particular range control services^f2 that are authorised by the licence held by the licensee;

• “monitoring functions” means surveillance activities conducted in respect of the designated range, and references to “monitoring” are to be construed accordingly;

• “relevant agreement” has the meaning given in regulation 43;

• “relevant authorities” has the meaning given in regulation 44;

• “restricted zone” has the meaning given in regulation 47(4)(b);

• “warning zone” has the meaning given in regulation 47(4)(c).